Congrats, Grad!

Our neighbor's son just graduated from high school and this is the card I made for him.



Stamped sentiment is from OCL's School's Out set, pennants were cut with MFT's Banner Day Die-namics and they're layered up on foam tape (you can see a pic below), the cornice border is a Martha Stewart punch, papers are Authentique "Glory," ribbon is from Papertrey, twine is from the Twinery, and I've had these adhesive stars in my stash for a long time (can't remember where they're from).



Hope you're having a great weekend so far.  :)

Beautiful Friend

Hey there and happy Saturday!  Yay, for the weekend, right?  :)



I made this card for a friend of mine using the MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge on SCS.  It's a 5" square card.  Stamped sentiment is from Polka Dot Greetings from MFT and it was cut with the Die-namics included in the set.  Papers are Authentique "Glory" that I bought from i{heart}papers.  The friend sentiment was stamped in Bordering Blue on Vintage Cream CS from PTI and popped up on foam tape.  The "flower" element was hand cut from the Glory paper pad and also popped up on foam tape.

Here's a close-up so you can see the dimension...



...and here's the inside where I used another sentiment from Polka Dot Greetings, stamped it on MFT's File Tab Die-namics, and hand cut another "flower" from the Glory papers....



Have an awesome Saturday!

For our bus driver

I gave this to Kara's bus driver this morning...bus drivers are pretty awesome, aren't they?  Ours is....she even gives Rusty a dog treat every morning...so of course he LOVES her, too...lol!



The layout is Mojo Monday Sketch #244, all the kraft flags are up on foam tape, all stamps are from There She Goes ("Believe In You"), papers are Summer Fresh by Simple Stories, and I added Stickles to different parts of the bus for some sparkle.  Copics: W1, W3, W5, R22, YR21, YR24.

Have a great Friday!

Game On

..(or actually, "game off").....Kara is now finished with her first soccer season so I made this for her coach to thank him for being so encouraging and fun (as it should be for a bunch of 7-year-olds).  She really liked having him as her coach and already asked if he'll be her coach in the fall (that'd be cool if he was).



The stamp is by Penny Black (called "Game On"), the layout is the June Sketch For You To Try, both clouds are up on foam tape, both stars are up on foam tape, the main image is also up on foam tape, and I added some machine stitching around the edges and along the "hill."  The burgundy paper used for the stars is Apple Cider by Imaginisce.  The white wood and green polka dot papers are from my On The Bright Side-Two paper pad by My Mind's Eye. Those are some funky shoes, huh?....well, I wanted to do the school colors of burgundy and gold. :)

Copics used:  YG11, YG13, YG17, BG0000, BG10, BG11, R20, R46, R59, YR000, YR00, YR15, YR21, E41, E42, E43, W1, W5, 0.



Tomorrow is Kara's last day of school so I'm enjoying my last QUIET day of having the house to myself....so on that note, I think I'll see what other crafy challenges I can play along in....fun!  Have a good one!

Look Whoo joined the family tree

My cousin, Kim, had her baby boy early Monday morning so I put this card together and then went with my mom to visit them at the hospital. Mom and baby are doing great, the delivery was fast and smooth, and everyone is so excited!  He's a beautiful boy.....oh that soft, velvety skin. So sweet!



Stamps are from My Cute Stamps and the set is called Night Owl.  The clouds are all up on foam tape, the felt grass was cut free handed and then I stitched it on the sewing machine, and the owl was also popped up on foam tape. It's colored with B00, B02, B05, YR21, E41, E42, and E43 Copics.

Have an awesome Tuesday!

Just buzzin' by to say...

...have a HONEY of a day.  That's what it says on the inside of the card and I'll show you a pic of it at the end of this post.  First, about the front of the card...

It's a 4.25" square card and the layout is Deconstructed Sketch 54.  The set is from Flourishes and it's called "Bee My Honey."  I was lucky enough to win this set a while ago, but I think this is the first card I've made with it. I forgot how much I love to color Flourishes images.  They're easy and fun to color with all the shading marks right there in the image.  The sentiment on the front was stamped onto a die-cut (MFT's First Place Ribbon Award Die-namics) and popped up on foam tape. Papers are Summer Fresh by Simple Stories and I threaded some of the red DP through the yellow button.  The main matted image is up on foam tape (the kraft layer) and it's colored with 0, W1, W3, E31, E35, YR21 and YR24 Copics.  The base panel was sewn with a sewing machine and then run through the Cuttlebug with my Swiss Dots folder.

Okay, and as promised, here's the inside (it's been a LONG time since I've finished the inside of a card)...

The circle is from Spellbinders and the ribbons are MFT Die-namics.

Well, that's it for me. Thanks for stopping by and have a really great Monday.  :)

Let's Play

I made this for this week's inspiration challenge over on the Paper Smooches Sparks Blog and Freshly Made Sketch #37.....

Here's the inspiration photo from the Sparks Blog...

  

I went with the turquoise color and circles from the picture for the theme of my card. Oh, and the photo also has that big piano in it.....the sentiment I used is "let's play".....get it?....you can PLAY a piano.......yeah, okay, it was a stretch....lol!  Anyhooooo.....the stamp set is Chubby Chums from Paper Smooches, the circle DP is from my Echo Park Paradise Beach paper pad (I got mine at i{heart}papers), the sentiment is cut out with a flag die from Lil' Inker Designs, the large turquoise panel is tempting turquoise from SU, and I colored the dog with Copics (YG11, E41, E42, E43, 0, W1, W5, R20, R22, R24).

....and here's Freshly Made Sketch #37...

Have a great day.  :)

You're So Tweet

Hi all!  I thought I'd try my hand at submitting a card for the MFT Guest Contest.  They're offering up a chance to guest design for a month plus win $200 worth of MFT stamps and die-namics!!  How cool would that be?!  :)  Crossing my fingers!

For my card, I used my Pure Innocence "You're So Tweet" stamp set and used colors from this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge (apricot, canary, rose and latte).  Papers are Howdy Doody by My Mind's Eye and I colored the image with Copics (0, W1, W3, W5, E00, E11, E13, E25, E31, E51, E77, R20, R22, R24, Y00, Y11, Y15, YR000, YR00, YR23).  I used MFT's Button Quartet and File Tab Die-namics, and I threaded some thin strips of DP through the button holes.  The main image is up on foam tape and I paper pieced the dress with some more of the Howdy Doody DP (it's a real pale yellow pattern).  Here's a close-up...

Thanks so much for stopping by!

For a wonderful teacher

Kara's teacher has been absolutely wonderful this year. She's my favorite teacher that Kara has had so far and I think I'm really going to miss her next year.  I made this card for her to tell her how much we appreciate her...

I used my Believe in You set from There She Goes (reeeeeeally love this set....it has everything you could possibly want in a school-themed set).  The layout is Mojo Monday Sketch 243 and the card measures 4.25" square.  The circle and apple (both from Spellbinders) are up on foam tape, papers are Summer Fresh by Simple Stories that I got from i{heart}papers, the kraft panel was embossed with my Swiss Dots embossing folder, and the books were colored with Copics (E41, E43, G24, G40, Y11, Y15, YR23).  The twine is from The Twinery and I colored the row of clear rhinestones with my Y15 Copic marker).

Have a really great day!!.....I cannot even believe it's June 1st already!

Ocean Paradise

I made this card for Sweet Stop Sketch #160 and used my Ocean Paradise set from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps...

Both clouds (MFT die-namics) are up on foam tape and so is the main image.  Stickles were added to the image for some sparkle (eucalyptus on the grass, platinum on the sand, and stardust in the water).  Papers are Paradise Beach by Echo Park that I bought from i{heart}papers.  The ric-rac was cut with an MFT die-namics die and the flag die is from Lil' Inker Designs.

Have a good one!

Woo-HOOO!

Thought I'd play with my Chubby Chums set again for Deconstructed Sketch #53.

Love this sketch, love this stamp set, and I love these Summer Fresh papers....especially that denim floral pattern. I'll be keeping EVERY single scrap of it so I can use it as much as I can....it's definitely my fav in the paper pad.  :)

The owl was colored with Copics (E00, E13, E41, E42, E43, W1, 0, YR21, YR68), cut out with scissors and popped up on foam tape.  I cut out all the ribbons with my MFT First Place Award Die-namics (the smaller one) and layered them all up (totally inspired by this Summer Fresh paper pad).  The one with the Woo-hooo sentiment is also up on foam tape. The scallops at the bottom of the floral DP were cut with my small scallop border Die-namics from MFT.  The large kraft panel on the card base was embossed with a Swiss Dots embossing folder.

Hope you all have a really great day!  Thanks so much for stopping by.  :)

You are my sunshine..."Queen Dawn"

So my good friend Dawn (TreasureOiler) was picked as the "Queen for the Day" over on SCS.  I've never played in this challenge before, but of course since Dawn is the queen, I'm playing!  :)  I CASE'd her sunshine card that you can see HERE and I'm going to send this to her.

The two smaller clouds are up on foam tape, the sentiment is from MFT Stamps ("Can ya Dig It"), the grass was cut out with felt (that Queen Dawn sent me), clouds were cut with MFT Die-namics, blue patterned paper is Fine and Dandy Girl by MME, and the sun was cut out from my Simple Stories Summer Fresh paper pad.

HUUUUUUUUUUGE Congrats to you, Queen Dawn!!  Love ya, girlie!

Have a great day, everyone.

Bright sunshiny day

Wow....check me out....a whole 7 days of posts....in a ROW!!  Posting often like I USED to do when I first started this blog.  :)  Feels good to be crafting a lot again.

I made this card for the May SFYTT as well as this week's Play Date Cafe color challenge.  Two butterflies were cut with my Verve Flutterby die and popped up on foam tape.  There's no stamping on this card (gasp!...right?)....just a mix of the Flutterby die with Summer Fresh (Simple Stories) and Glory (Authentique) patterned papers.  The sentiment is part of the Summer Fresh 6x6 paper pad, and that panel is also up on foam tape.

Here are pics of the PDC color challenge and the May SFYTT.  Have a reeeeeeally great day!

Freshly Made Sketch 36

Hi all!  I made this card for Freshly Made Sketch #36 using my brand new Summer Fresh papers by Simple Stories that I just bought from i {heart} papers. They arrived in the mail yesterday....and oh my word, love 'em!

The large zig-zag pattern is printed that way in the paper pad so all I did was cut it out (I didn't piece all those rectangles together). Six butterflies were die cut with Verve's Flutterby die and stacked in pairs with foam tape so there's lots of dimension. The "Hello" sentiment is from my MFT Essential Sentiments set. The flag die is from Lil' Inker Designs and twine is from The Twinery.

Thanks for stopping by and have an awesome day!